I was driving on Thursday and a particle got in my eye. It scratched it pretty bad and it still hurts, sometimes it feels like theres still a piece of glass in my eye everytime I blink.
I use eyedrops all day long but my affected eye is blurry now.
DO EYEBALLS HEAL?

Yes, you can recieve some damage, but it’s unlikely permanent.
You probably have what is known as a corneal abrasion. This is usually a small scratch on the outer surface of the sclera that can be caused by a foreign object entering the eye such as dirt, glass, etc…, when you rub it, the object is embedded in the eye deeper, or is forced into the soft tissue of the eye causing a minute tear or scrape. It is important that you don’t rub your eye any further. Even if you managed to remove the object by rinsing the eye, you might still have the sensation that something is in your eye. This is because the corneal abrasion is a severe irritant, and the concentration of sensory in the eye is the greatest than any other area in the body. It can be extremely painful depending on the degree of severity of the injury. When this happens you need to go to the E.R., or an opthamolagist so that they can examine your eye and track the regrowth of new cells in the eye. There will be a problem if these cells don’t grow back uniformly. How, ever, in most cases they do. In cases of larger abrasions, you may experience symptoms of blurred vision temporarily while this area heals. Since I have no way of determining the extent of injury, or the size of the abrasion, I could not even estimate the damage. You need to go and be seen ASAP. You only have one pair of eyes & you can’t put a pricetag on vision. Go tomorrow.

most likely it’s just irritated; it will heal, if it doesn’t within like, a night’s sleep…go see an optomitrist

CookieMonsteron November 30th, -0001

if its dirt it shouldn’t take long to heal whats so ever, but if it was glass, that can damage your eyesight pretty bad, i say you go and check with an eye doctor, because it can cause bad damage to your eye, plus don’t use eyedrops let it be by itself, if you were sure it was dirt then it would be okay, but since it might be glass just go to the eye doctor soon as possible.

LighteningBolton November 30th, -0001

Well, I had that kind of experience once before. I got dirt, I think, in my eyes. I rubbed it hard, but it healed after a couple of hours. It hurt a lot. I think I scratched my eye, but it healed, and I don’t have any problems with my eye. You shouldn’t use too much eye drops. You should let your eyes rest, try not to use your eyes too much. Maybe just close your eyes for a minute or so ever so often. I hope you’ll get better!

Musicmakeron November 30th, -0001

You need to go see an eye doctor ASAP!! It would have been better if you saw the eye doctor the day that happened…but now you really need to see one. Eyeballs heal, but if the vision is damaged, you will have to let the doctor determine what you need done. Maybe it’s blurry only because it’s irritated..once the doctor gets whatever is in there out, give your eye time to heal and the blurriness will prob. go away.

StoneHengeon November 30th, -0001

I hope you had enough sense to seek medical attention when this happened. Any time a foreign object gets into the eye and scratches the eyeball you need to see a doctor. To begin with the eye needed to be flushed out to make sure that the object is gone. If left in, it can scratch the cornea or it can lead to an ulcer or an infection, and if still left untreated it could eventually end in blindness in that eye. If your eye still hurts get to your doctor, you probably have an infection in there that will need treatment. Your eyes are too precious to be screwed around with.

Caton November 30th, -0001

You need to see a doctor. I had a scratch a while ago and it will not heal on its own and can cause permanent damage if left untreated.

JunkFoodAddicton November 30th, -0001

Yes they do. You might have scratched your cornea and should go see your eye doctor. In order for some parts of the eyes to heal they need special drops and maybe an eye patch.

shayon July 26th, 2012

a picture fell off the wal the night before last night and glass went all over the floor my husband ws cleaning it up and i brought the trash can to him and he threw it in trash real hard and my head was right there cause i was benfing down and the fan that we had on was sitting right there and it blew some glass up and im not positive any glasss got in my eyes but ever sense this happend my eyes feel sore well like scratchy when i blink or move my eyes around and i tried getting into eye docs yesterday but the doctor was at the other office which was too far for me to get to so my question is do u all think it coukd have gorren in my eyes

erinon August 14th, 2012

hi cleaned the dishes with hot water and then poured a glass of cold juice, as i walked with the glass it exploded in my hand( i think due to washing them in hot then cold. mmm i suggest to people its not a good idea just warm water will do lol). the glass cut my face, mouth and a slice in my lower eye which took a day for the blood to go. i thought i got the glass out. that was two weeks ago. my eye ball is kinda sore now. not like something sharp. but aching. and i felt strange after it had happened. is it possible for glass to enter and stay embadded without major symptoms.

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